I want to get a very high end drill press in the range of $2500 but the other part of me wonders if some kind of CNC wouldn't be better. I mostly want to drill and mill aluminum parts for robotics. I saw grizzly has really nice end mills and drill presses but they don't seem to have computers attached to them? Can you make any mill into a CNC? I'm not even sure where to start with CNC as i'm totally newb to it. Can you even get into a decent CNC under 10K? Seems like all the CNC stuff I've seen that was less expensive cut wood or plastics but wasn't powerful enough to cut non-ferrous material. Penny for your thoughts.

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The complexity of your part geometries is what defines the type of sophistication required by your machine tool. PM me if you want my number so we can talk whilst I am working my other job.

Sounds like you might want to look into a Prototrac, which is a CNC retrofit manual mill. My former employer just got auctioned off, and the Prototrac went for $1500, I believe. Most likely you will need 230 volts ac and a phase converter. I am not familiar with the software, so I don't know if it's capable of interpolation or just 3 axis linear movements.

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Is it just that CNC-ing Aluminum requires machines that are more in the 50-100K range? Is it better to just get a high quality end mill and do everything manually if you have under 10K to spend?

The complexity of your part geometries is what defines the type of sophistication required by your machine tool. PM me if you want my number so we can talk whilst I am working my other job.